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HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, HEALING

FOR the first time in years he can confidently say he’s happy – and his achievements speak for themselves.

He is a recent master’s degree graduate, he’s creating music again and he’s celebrating two years of sobriety. “I’ve done the best thing I possibly could, which is take back control of my life,” Craig Lucas says. “You can’t stop the bad stuff from happening, but you can control your response and that’s where I’m at now.”

The hit singer and winner of the second season of The Voice SA is chatting to YOU in our Cape Town office and it’s obvious he’s in a good place.

His patchwork tattoos – more than 40 of them – are on display and his pants sport

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